Peter Biggs of The Light Magazine is researching one Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley municipality each month, and producing a four page feature. The September issue features Surrey. The Semiahmoo, Katzie and Kwantlen First Nations People have lived in the region for thousands… Read more →
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Faithful: Southside Community Church
by Cam Roxburgh • • 0 Comments
As national director for Forge Canada and a seasoned missional leader, Cam Roxburgh knows that “within every movement there is a tendency to want to look for models to copy,” but that “copycatting” is not the answer. Nonetheless, he acknowledges… Read more →
Young Life has plans to build many new friendships in Surrey
by Lloyd Mackey • • 0 Comments
It is just over 60 years since Young Life Canada began working with high school age young people, introducing them to Jesus and encouraging relationships that could make Jesus a reality in their lives and communities. Young Life leaders in… Read more →
‘Unity matters’ theme for Church of Surrey Good Friday service
by Lloyd Mackey • • 0 Comments
During the first decade of the 21st century, some 5,000 people would gather in Surrey’s Chandos Pattison auditorium each Good Friday to worship and consider the implications of Calvary. In 2013, the leaders of a loose-knit pastors’ group known as… Read more →
Two ‘urban core’ churches redevelop with the times
by Lloyd Mackey • • 0 Comments
Two churches in the urban cores of White Rock and Surrey are helping civic leaders to understand that faith-based groups contribute constructively to their communities. First United Church, on the edge of downtown White Rock, is hoping to develop several low-rise… Read more →
CityWatch: NightShift marks 10 years on Surrey streets
by Lloyd Mackey • • 0 Comments
On Saturday evening (November 23), NightShift Street Ministries marked 10 years of working with homeless, hungry and broken people, with an ‘UnGala’ that raised over $20,000. That is not the whole story. Four major Surrey business leaders have put up… Read more →